Lex grew up in an orphanage deep in the dark , below the earth. but even as a tiny child , she instinctively rebelled against her fate-- the time when she will be judged either useful to Society or forced to live among the mutations in Rock Bottom , the lowest level of Indra. Even wehen she is chosen to become ab elite cadet Kane truly understand her longings. Unknown to her , one girl secretly shares her difiance.
Livia Cosmo , the Orphan Airess , may love on a sky island surrounded by wealth and privilege , but she has no more freedom then Lex. Rigid discipline governs her every movement , as she learns the art of becoming a Proper Young Woman , the belle of the Emergence Ball , ready to begin cohabitation with one of Indria's finest Proper Young Men.
Her future is assured , until a mystifying encounter with a young man called Kane changes everything.
For that is when Lex's and Livia's destines collode . . .
Approached by an old enemy to help save Kane from mortal danger , Lex sacrifices her Special Ops career to find him in the islands among the clouds. Her search , high above the beautiful spires of the city of Indria , begins her instead to airgirl Livia. Lex and Livia should have nothing in common , and yet they share a kindred yearning for escape from the strict rules that bind them. . . and an unexplained identical markm Brought together by danger , they set out to find Kane , but wgat they discover is even stranger than either could imagine.